TODOCES. 



507 



vandyke-brown and purplish-grey of various shades distributed 

 over the whole shell. In some specimens the surface-markings aro 

 almost absent, They vary in length from 1*4 to 1*81, and in 

 breadth from 1-06 to 1-2. 



1. New South Wales. 



2. New South Wales. 



4. New South Wales. 



3. Yandembah, N. S. Wales, Sept. 



(A. J. North}. 



2. Merungle, N. S. Wales, 14th Oct. 

 (A. J. JV,). 



2. Fish River, N. S. Wales (E. P. 



Ramsay] . 



4. Victoria. 



3. Murray River, Victoria, 5th May 



(A*.J. N.}. 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. 



2. South Australia. 



6. South Australia. 



7. South Australia. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



T. Carter, Esq. [C.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest, 

 Crowley Bequest, 



Government of Victoria [P,]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



F. A. Philbrick, Esq. [P.]. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 



Genus PODOCES, Fischer. 

 Podoces panderi, Fischer. 



Podoces panderi, Cabanis, J. f. O. 1873, p. 63, pi. 3. figs. 37 & 38 ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 150 (1877) ; Newton, P. Z. S. 1897, 

 p. 893, pi. li. fig. 10 ; Dresser, Man. Pal Birds, i. p. 406 (1902) ; 

 Hartert, Vog.pal. Faun. i. p. 39 (1903) j Dresser, Eggs Birds Europ. 

 pts. xi. &. xii. p. 417, pi. i. figs. 6 & 7 (1908) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 

 p. 628 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 364 (1910). 



Eggs of Pander's Ground-Chough are of a rather broad oval 

 shape, somewhat pointed towards the smaller end, and slightly 

 glossy. The ground is pale greenish-white, spotted all over with 

 light umber-brown and blotched with lilac-grey of various shades, 

 the markings being generally most numerous round the larger end 

 and forming a rather well-defined wreath. They vary in length 

 from 1-01 to 1-21, and in breadth from ? to -83. 



3. Transcaspia, 4th April (N. Za- W. Radclifte Saunders, Esq. 



rudny). [P.]. 



2. Transcaspia, 2nd May (N. Z.}. H. E. Dresser, Esq. [E.]. 



Podoces humilis, Hume. 



Podoces huuiilis, Hume iff Henders. Lahore to Yarkand, p. 247 (1873) ; 

 Sharpe, Cut. Birds B. M. iii. p. 152 (1877) ; Hartert, Vog. pal. 

 Faun. i. p. 40 (1903) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 629 (1909) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 364 (1910). 



